xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.
Contents
Commands
Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a connection:
? Display available commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones when connection is established).
help <command>
Display the purpose of <command>, if that is omitted, display available commands.
syntax <command>
Display the usage of <command>.
version
Display version.
open <server[:port]>
Open connection to server. A port can be optionally specified, using colon (:) separator.
close Close connection.
quit Leaving xine-remote.
Description
This manual page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.
xine-remote can replace a raw telnet connection to a xine remote control server. It use the readline
facilities (completion, vi/emacs shortcuts, command history, etc...). By default, it try to connect the
localhost, using the default port (see xine(1)).
Name
xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.
Options
The program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long ioptions starting with two dashes (`-´).
A summary of options are included below.
-H,--host <hostname>
Try to connect <hostname>.
-P,--port <port>
Try to connect the host using <port>.
-c,--command <command>
Send <command> to server then quit. The command should be single quoted if it contain spaces or
special characters.
-n,--noconnect
Do not initiate the connection on startup.
-v,--version
Display version.
-h,--help
Display options summary.
See Also
xine(1).
Synopsis
xine-remote[options]
